The Fletcher Construction Company Limited is a New Zealand construction company and a subsidiary of Fletcher Building. It and Higgins Contractors Ltd make up the Construction division of Fletcher Building. Fletcher Construction is widely recognised in New Zealand, and has delivered various iconic projects including constructing the Auckland Sky Tower.
It has three main business units:
- Building and interiors
- South Pacific
- Infrastructure
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History
In 1908 James Fletcher senior, a builder and stonemason from Scotland, began a building business along with his brother William John Fletcher and Englishman Albert Morris. The firm was known as Fletcher and Morris and later became Fletcher Bros. The first house they built together, in 1909, still stands and is open to the public in Dunedin. The company itself was first registered as a limited liability company in 1919.
In 1925 the company headquarters was moved to Auckland, and in 1940 Fletcher Construction became a subsidiary of the Fletcher Holdings group, which listed on the share market that year. In 1942, following the resignation of his father to help New Zealand's war effort, James Fletcher junior became Managing Director of the company. Fletcher junior placed a greater emphasis on the firms building products manufacturing divisions, with Fletcher Construction retaining the core construction business.
In 1981, Fletcher Holdings merged with Challenge Corporation Ltd and Tasman Pulp Paper Ltd to form Fletcher Challenge. Fletcher Building was formed with the split of Fletcher Challenge in 2001.
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Major projects
Major projects have included:
- Kingseat Hospital
- Te Papa Museum in Wellington (completed in 1996)
- SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre and Grand Hotel (completed in 1996)
- Sky Tower (completed in 1997)
- Westpac Stadium in Wellington (completed in 1999)
- Manapouri Second Tailrace Tunnel (completed in 2002)
- Upper Harbour Bridge in Auckland (completed in 2006)
- Rewa Bridge in Fiji (completed in 2006)
- Northern Busway, Auckland associated infrastructure (completed in 2008)
- Manukau Harbour Crossing (completed in 2011)
- Waterview Connection (completed in 2017)
- Fonterra Building (completed in 2016)
- Fergusson Wharf (completed in 2017)
- Hobson Bay Tunnel (completed in 2010)
- Momi Bay Resort (completed in 2017)
- Fiji Four Long Bridges Project (completed in 2016)
References
Further reading
- Goldsmith, Paul (2009). Fletchers: A Centennial History of Fletcher Building (hardback). Auckland: Davia Ling Publishing. ISBN 978-1-877378-35-5.
- Smith, Jack (2009). No Job Too Big: A History of Fletcher Construction, Volume I: 1909-1940 (hardback). Wellington: Steele Roberts. ISBN 978-1-877448-69-0.
External links
- Fletcher Construction (official company website)
Source of article : Wikipedia
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